Moray_and_Nairn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Moray and Nairn (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1983
Moray and Nairn was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983.
Quick Facts 1918–1983, Seats ...
Moray and Nairn | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Elginshire & Nairnshire Elgin Burghs |
Replaced by | Moray Inverness, Nairn & Lochaber |
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It was formed by the amalgamation of the county constituency of Elginshire and Nairnshire with the parliamentary burghs of Elgin, previously part of Elgin Burghs, and Nairn and Forres, previously part of Inverness Burghs.
It was split for the 1983 general election and incorporated into Moray and Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber.
More information Election, Member ...
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | Sir Archibald Williamson | Coalition Liberal | |
1922 | Thomas Maule Guthrie | Coalition Liberal | |
1922 | National Liberal | ||
1923 | James Stuart | Unionist | |
1959 | Gordon Campbell | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | Winnie Ewing | SNP | |
1979 | Alex Pollock | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
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Elections in the 1910s
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Liberal | Archibald Williamson | Unopposed | ||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
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Elections in the 1920s
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Liberal | Thomas Guthrie | Unopposed | ||
Liberal hold | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Liberal | Thomas Guthrie | 6,263 | 51.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | James Scott | 5,832 | 48.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 431 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,095 | 49.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 24,691 | ||||
National Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | James Stuart | 8,116 | 53.4 | New | |
Liberal | Thomas Guthrie | 7,089 | 46.6 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 1,027 | 6.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 15,215 | 61.3 | +12.3 | ||
Registered electors | 24,798 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | James Stuart | 9,762 | 61.9 | +8.5 | |
Labour | Skene Mackay | 6,005 | 38.1 | New | |
Majority | 3,757 | 23.8 | +17.0 | ||
Turnout | 15,767 | 61.7 | +0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 25,539 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | James Stuart | 8,896 | 43.7 | −18.2 | |
Labour | Joseph Duncan | 6,566 | 32.3 | −5.8 | |
Liberal | John Tennant | 4,889 | 24.0 | New | |
Majority | 2,330 | 11.4 | -12.4 | ||
Turnout | 20,348 | 68.6 | +6.9 | ||
Registered electors | 29,669 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −6.2 | |||
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Elections in the 1930s
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | James Stuart | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | James Stuart | 12,755 | 63.5 | N/A | |
Labour | James Davidson Vassie | 7,347 | 36.5 | New | |
Majority | 5,408 | 27.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,102 | N/A | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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Elections in the 1940s
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | James Stuart | 12,809 | 61.58 | ||
Labour | Sinclair Shaw | 7,993 | 38.42 | ||
Majority | 4,816 | 23.16 | |||
Turnout | 20,802 | 62.13 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
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Elections in the 1950s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | James Stuart | 15,478 | 59.85 | ||
Labour | Richard Murray | 10,383 | 40.15 | ||
Majority | 5,095 | 19.70 | |||
Turnout | 25,861 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | James Stuart | 15,881 | 60.23 | ||
Labour | David Hutchinson | 10,487 | 39.77 | ||
Majority | 5,394 | 20.46 | |||
Turnout | 26,368 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | James Stuart | 14,667 | 60.59 | ||
Labour | M Mackay | 9,538 | 39.41 | ||
Majority | 5,129 | 21.18 | |||
Turnout | 24,205 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Gordon Campbell | 13,742 | 52.63 | ||
Labour | M. Mackay | 6,539 | 25.04 | ||
Liberal | Donald C. MacDonald | 5,831 | 22.33 | New | |
Majority | 7,203 | 27.59 | |||
Turnout | 26,112 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
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Elections in the 1960s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Gordon Campbell | 12,741 | 50.86 | ||
Labour | Gordon McIntosh | 6,830 | 27.27 | ||
Liberal | John Macleod | 5,478 | 21.87 | ||
Majority | 5,911 | 23.59 | |||
Turnout | 25,049 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gordon Campbell | 11,842 | 48.15 | ||
Labour | Donald MacKenzie | 8,384 | 34.09 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Alexander MacNair | 4,368 | 17.76 | ||
Majority | 3,458 | 14.06 | |||
Turnout | 24,594 | 68.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Elections in the 1970s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gordon Campbell | 13,994 | 49.4 | +1.3 | |
SNP | Thomas A Howe | 7,885 | 27.8 | New | |
Labour | Peter Talbot | 6,452 | 22.8 | -11.3 | |
Majority | 6,109 | 21.6 | +7.5 | ||
Turnout | 28,331 | 72.0 | +4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Winnie Ewing | 16,046 | 49.26 | ||
Conservative | Gordon Campbell | 14,229 | 43.68 | ||
Labour | E G Smith | 2,299 | 7.06 | ||
Majority | 1,817 | 5.58 | |||
Turnout | 32,574 | 78.72 | |||
SNP gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Winnie Ewing | 12,667 | 41.2 | -8.1 | |
Conservative | Alexander Pollock | 12,300 | 40.0 | -3.7 | |
Labour | E.G. Smith | 2,985 | 9.7 | +2.6 | |
Liberal | Keith Schellenberg | 2,814 | 9.1 | New | |
Majority | 367 | 1.2 | -4.4 | ||
Turnout | 30,766 | 74.7 | -4.0 | ||
SNP hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alexander Pollock | 14,220 | 40.1 | +0.1 | |
SNP | Winnie Ewing | 13,800 | 38.9 | -2.3 | |
Liberal | Steve Rodan | 4,361 | 12.3 | +3.2 | |
Labour | G E Scobie | 3,104 | 8.7 | -1.0 | |
Majority | 420 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,487 | 77.5 | +2.8 | ||
Conservative gain from SNP | Swing | ||||
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- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)